Chanaan

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English

Proper noun

Chanaan

Alternative spelling of Canaan

Latin

Alternative forms

Chanān

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαναάν (Khanaán), from Biblical Hebrew כְּנַעַן (K'ná'an).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.na.aːn/, or IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.na.an/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.an/,

Proper noun

Chanaā̆n f (indeclinable)

(Ecclesiastical Latin) Canaan

References

“Chanaan”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Chanaan in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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